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OOoSwitch: 501 Things You Want to Know About Switching To OpenOffice.org from Microsoft Office Paperback – September, 2003

by Tamar E. Granor (Author), Scott Carr (Author), Sam Hiser (Author)

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As Microsoft Office users are converting to OpenOffice.org in droves due to a wide difference in price and no onerous licensing or restrictive installation and activation requirements, this timely guide to making this switch helps MS Office users get up to speed quickly. With the goal of preventing Office users from becoming bogged down and spending a lot of time learning how OpenOffice.org's functionality differs, this book allows them to accomplish what they can already do in Microsoft Office with their new office suite. Covered are the installation and configuration of OOo, file compatibility, exchange, and layouts. Writer, Calc, Impress, and Draw are also discussed as replacements for Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Paint along with hundreds of tips on using them in day-to-day work. The capabilities of OOo Math are demonstrated, as is the OOo application programming interface.

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Tamar E. Granor, Ph.D., has developed and enhanced numerous FoxPro and Visual FoxPro applications for businesses and other organizations. She served as editor of FoxPro Advisor and is the coauthor of the magazine’s popular “Advisor Answers” column. She is a Microsoft Certified Professional and a Microsoft Support Most Valuable Professional. She lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Sam Hiser is an open source advocate and systems consultant to media, financial services, government, and education. He is a senior contributor and member of the Release Committee of OpenOffice.org.

Paperback: 311 pages
Publisher: Hentzenwerke Publishing (September 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1930919360
ISBN-13: 978-1930919365
Product Dimensions: 9 x 7 x 0.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 6 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,241,951 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #2251 in Books > Computers & Technology > Software > Microsoft > Microsoft Office
- #5560 in Books > Computers & Technology > Business Technology > Software > Enterprise Applications
- #24055 in Books > Computers & Technology > Programming > Languages & Tools

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Don't let the title throw you

Byin1earon September 18, 2006

Yes it does answer questions for those that are switching from MS Office. More to the point, in doing so fulfills the need for a very good "how to" for OOo.

Even though it's becoming a bit dated, there is much still relevant to todays Open Office program. We can sit around waiting for the software author's (Solveig Haugland) publisher (Prentice Hall) to see the necessity for the long anticipated OpenOffice.org 2.x Resource Kit. In the mean time this book as well as some of the other published books on the subject actually can help and do so well. The price is ridiculous even though Amazon has the best price. You might try one of the second-hand sellers with good reputations on Amazon Marketplace. READ DESCRIPTIONS, READ FEEDBACK. My free advice / open source contribution. Even with shipping you'll save.

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The switch got easier especially for Novices

ByAmazon Customeron November 26, 2003

For those of us coming from an MS world, it helps with any new software to have assistance to overcome the learning curve. OOoSwitch jumpstarts the "trial and error" learning curve methodology by showing the differences and similarities between MS Office and OpenOffice.org.
The PDF feature in OOo would be reason enough to endure the learning curve, but OOoSwitch makes the transition fairly painless. By pointing out tasks I've already mastered in MS Office, I'm becoming reasonbly proficent in OOo.
Good book for experienced MS Office users and noncomputer types.

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A thorough and timely book

ByZaine Ridlingon December 18, 2006

I've been a unapologetic Microsoft Word fanatic since 1991. But OpenOffice 2.x got good fast, and with its adoption of the universal and ISO-certified OASIS OpenDocument Format (ODF), suddenly it has the upper hand against Word 2007 -- in format, usability (yes, I said it), and power, having the ability to create documents twice the size of Word 2007. But "OOoSwitch: 501 Things You Want to Know..." demonstrates how OpenOffice can match Word, Excel, and PowerPoint and make switching a breeze. The price is steep, but surprisingly, it's worth every penny to this former Word fanboy.

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OOoSwitch: 501 Things You Wanted To Know About Switching to OpenOffice.org from Microsoft Office

ByTommie S. Kirksmithon July 23, 2005

Few of us have time to read a guide book cover-to-cover, so it's nice to find one that's well-organized. This one is! OpenOffice.org is a new product/project that's still ironing out problems and making improvements. If you can't find what you need within this book, it also gives the website for the reader/user to ask questions and even invites their input.

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This gets the job done

ByTom D.on December 14, 2005

If you know how to do a task in Word, then you can quickly look up how to do it in Write. The language is simple and easy to use. My Mother liked it so much, that she took my copy.

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Reads well.

ByChristian Einfeldton November 21, 2003

I liked OOoSwitch because I thought it was very readable. It is written in plain English, and gives brief, clear explanations of how to use OOo.

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